Israeli police shoot and kill a man at Jerusalem’s holiest site

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Israeli police close a path leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after shots were fired on Saturday in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The slain man was 26-year-old Mohammed Alasibi from Hura, a Bedouin Arab village in southern Israel. The shooting raises fears of further violence during heightened tensions at the holy site.

(Image credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP)

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